San Leandro is a city of 88,300 in Alameda County, about 15 miles east of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in San Leandro?
Violent crime is high in San Leandro: a B+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live. Assaults make up 65% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 719 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than San Leandro as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. San Leandro scores 719.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in San Leandro, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in San Leandro, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about violent crime in San Leandro
One part of San Leandro stands out for simple assault. Simple assaults in Sobrante Park, Farrelly Pond District & North Stonehurst, in northwest San Leandro, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Robberies run high. San Leandro has robberies at more than triple the US rate: 2.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in San Leandro
Low violent crime is the norm across San Leandro: 84% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across San Leandro run from A to F.
84%11%
A or B 84%C 11%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Marina Faire & Heron Bay, southwestClose to the rest of San Leandro on most crimes.A850
2Washington Manor-Bonaire, southAggravated assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of San Leandro.A-825
3Davis Tract, Mullford Gardens & Laqua Manor, westRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of San Leandro.A-790
4Bay-O-Vista & Chabot Park, northeastClose to the rest of San Leandro on most crimes.A-781
5Old San Leandro, centralSimple assaults run about 20% lower here than in the rest of San Leandro.B+730
6Floresta Gardens-Bradrick, southeastRobberies run about 40% higher here than in the rest of San Leandro.B+695
7Estudillo Estates-Glen & Broadmoor District, northRobberies run about 80% higher here than in the rest of San Leandro.B642
9Sobrante Park, Farrelly Pond District & North Stonehurst, northwestRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of San Leandro.C+475
Neighborhood areas of San Leandro, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in San Leandro?
Reported violent crime in San Leandro has held about steady since 2019, within 6%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.0 to 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
San LeandroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves San Leandro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, San Leandro
Violent, US
2016
+6%
+4%
2017
+14%
+4%
2018
+4%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
2021
+7%
+6%
2022
+14%
+5%
2023
+32%
+2%
2024
+6%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in San Leandro
CrimeGrade™ estimates San Leandro has about 8.1 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 32% less than California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in San Leandro, about 65% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Violent crime in San Leandro and nearby cities
San Leandro has less violent crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only San Francisco has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from San Leandro. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, San Leandro has more violent crime than 55% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set San Leandro apart: it has 71% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 12 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.71% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for San Leandro: C- (27 of 100).12 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 87% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more assault.C (36 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.60 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 76% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What violent crime costs San Leandro
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs San Leandro about $111 million a year, or $1,252 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $24 million, or $271 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 78% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.1 million
$92
Rape
$1.1 million
$12
Robbery
$7.1 million
$81
Assault
$7.7 million
$87
Total
$24 million
$271
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
